2012 Research and Creativity Conference Proceedings

For the past 12 years the College of Liberal Arts has hosted the Research and Creativity Conference. This event, which is modeled after professional academic conferences, is the showcase for the exceptionally good work of students in the College of Liberal Arts. During the conference, students may present creative works, empirical studies, or analyses of topics from literature or history. Many of these projects represent students’ senior projects that require them to bring to bear the skills and perspectives they developed as a part of their major and being a student of the college.

Conference Proceedings

“Municipal Rights: Home Rule in West Virginia” — A.J. Webb

“The Appalachian Regional Commission” — Jamie Davidson

“The West Virginia Tobacco Tax” — Robert Landon Grimmett Jr.

“Florida’s Policy of Drug Testing TANF Applicants” — Ashley Quaranta

“Transformation of Social Security and Proposed Reform” — Gretchen Williams

“Reforming the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001” — Justin Setliff

“Remembering a Legend” — Dreama Pritt

“Lessons My Father Taught Me” — Samir Ali Abdel-Aziz

“Tapa in Oceania: An Analysis of Tapa and Culture in the Pacific” — Jessica Lake

“Declaring War in a System of Checks and Balances” — Ethan Curry

“United States and China Trade Relations” — Zachary Phillips Bell

“Coca Leaf and Cocaine Prohibition: Is it Time to Sack the War on Drugs?” — Benjamin C. Harlan